სმა

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Georgian

Etymology

From *სვმა, from სვ (sv) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ა (-a) with სვ (sv) being the root. (a) disappeared from -ამ (-am) due to suffixation of -ა (-a). (v) disappeared due to presence of (m).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: სმა

Verbal noun

სმა (sma)

  1. (heading, transitive) To drink, to imbibe, to make someone drink; to sit, to seat, to appoint; to ask, to question; to punctuate; to diagnose.
    1. verbal noun of სვამს (svams)
    2. verbal noun of ისმება (ismeba)
    3. verbal noun of ესმება (esmeba)
    4. verbal noun of ესმევა (esmeva)
    5. verbal noun of ასმევს (asmevs)
  2. (heading, transitive) To grease, to smear, to spread, to oil, to lubricate, to dab (apply a substance over the surface).
    1. verbal noun of ისვამს (isvams)
    2. verbal noun of უსვამს (usvams)
    3. verbal noun of ისმება (ismeba)
    4. verbal noun of ესმება (esmeba)
    5. verbal noun of უსვია (usvia)

Declension

Declension of სმა (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative სმა (sma)
ergative სმამ (smam)
dative სმას(ა) (smas(a))
genitive სმის(ა) (smis(a))
instrumental სმით(ა) (smit(a))
adverbial სმად(ა) (smad(a))
vocative სმავ (smav)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of სმა (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) სმაზე (smaze)
-თან (-tan, near) სმასთან (smastan)
-ში (-ši, in) სმაში (smaši)
-ვით (-vit, like) სმასავით (smasavit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) სმისთვის (smistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) სმისებრ (smisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) სმისკენ (smisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) სმისგან (smisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) სმისადმი (smisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) სმიდან (smidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) სმითურთ (smiturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) სმამდე (smamde)

Derived terms

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